{"id":280667,"date":"2025-11-09T05:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T05:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/280667\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T05:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T05:15:07","slug":"mike-smith-steps-away-from-trailer-park-boys-amid-sexual-assault-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/280667\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Smith Steps Away From &#8216;Trailer Park Boys&#8217; Amid Sexual Assault Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter wrapping Season 13 of the Canadian mockumentary in August, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/mike-smith\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mike-smith\" data-tag=\"mike-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Smith<\/a> is stepping back from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/trailer-park-boys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Trailer Park Boys<\/a> amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sexual-assault\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sexual-assault\" data-tag=\"sexual-assault\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sexual assault<\/a> lawsuit against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe group behind the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a> comedy noted that they take \u201csuch matters seriously\u201d and that Smith has \u201cstepped away\u201d from his role as Trailer Park Boys Inc.\u2019s managing director after he was charged early last month over an alleged incident that happened in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWe are aware of the allegation concerning Mike Smith dating back to 2017 and take such matters seriously,\u201d said Trailer Park Boys Inc. in a statement to multiple outlets. \u201cWe recognize how difficult an allegation of this nature is for all involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThey added, \u201cOut of respect for the legal process, we will not comment further on the case. At this time, Mike has stepped away from his role at Trailer Park Boys Incorporated and Gary Howsam has assumed managing director responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFiled in Nova Scotia provincial court, Smith was charged on Oct. 2 for an alleged assault that took place on Dec. 30, 2017 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/trailer-park-boys-star-sexual-assault-charge-bubbles-9.6972349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCreated by Mike Clattenburg, Smith has starred on Trailer Park Boys as Bubbles since the show premiered in 2001, alongside Rob Wells\u2019 Ricky and John Paul Tremblay as Julian. After initially ending a seven-season run in 2007, Netflix revived the show in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn August, Deadline exclusively reported that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/trailer-park-boys-season-13-confirmed-1236479891\/\">Season 13 had wrapped<\/a> in Nova Scotia, following a nearly eight-year gap since Season 12 premiered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After wrapping Season 13 of the Canadian mockumentary in August, Mike Smith is stepping back from Trailer Park&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,96107,217,2818,148582,148459],"class_list":["post-280667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-mike-smith","tag-netflix","tag-sexual-assault","tag-sexual-assault-lawsuit","tag-trailer-park-boys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}